Juvenile Delinquency Chapter Twelve Chapter Twelve Prevention of

Juvenile Delinquency Chapter Twelve

Chapter Twelve: Prevention of Delinquency/Juvenile Justice Process Primary prevention: The effort to reduce delinquency by changing conditions that lead to juvenile crime Secondary prevention: Intervention in the lives of youths believed to be at risk of delinquency Tertiary prevention: A program intended to reduce youth offender recidivism

History of Intervention Programs: Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study: One of the best known prevention programs, intended to identify youths heading towards delinquency. This study presumed psychological disturbances led to delinquency New York City Youth Board: This study also presumed psychological disturbances led to delinquency and provided psychiatric and social services to identified predelinquents

Prevention Programs Mobilization for Youth Project: Ambitious attempt to prevent and control delinquency and took place in a 67 block area Manhattan’s Lower East Side Boston’s Midcity Project: Could be said to be the predecessor to current programs such as D. A. R. E. , School Resources Officers and Street Workers. Began in Inner. City Boston in 1954, largely as a result of gang violence. Involved detached gang members as intermediates between gang members and the courts and police, as well as other services

More Programs… Self-Concept and the Prevention of Delinquency: Role development and educational strategies used in an attempt to improve the self-concept of suspected pre-delinquents

Delinquency Prevention Programs and Models Public health model has been used to prevent delinquency for approximately twenty years. Based on the approach to disease prevention, it focuses on prevention of social problems. Public Health Model: The Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: Best known and largest mentoring program in the country Bullying prevention program: Provide fewer opportunities for bullying and reduce peer support and approval of bullying Functional family therapy: Short term family-based prevention and intervention program

More… Incredible years: Parents, Teachers, and Child Training Series: Intended for young children and designed to prevent, reduce, and treat conduct problems Life Skills Training: Designed to reduce the use of gateway drugs Midwestern Prevention Project: Also designed to reduce the use of gateway drugs

More Programs… Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care: Intended for adolescents who have problems antisocial behavior, delinquency, and emotional disturbances Multisystemic Therapy; Community based clinical treatment to chronic and violent youths with

More Prevention Programs. . Nurse Family Partnership: Sending nurses to the homes of low-income unmarried mothers Project toward No Drug Abuse (Project TND): Targets high school youths at risk for drug abuse Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies: Focuses on the understanding, regulation, and expression of emotions

Juvenile Justice Process ü First Juvenile Court located in Cook County, Illinois, in 1899 Parents Patriae: Provided a legal catalyst for the creation of juvenile court Child Savers: Organized group of progressives social reformers that promoted child protection laws

More Justice… Aftercare: Juvenile parole Probation: Sentence, in lieu of confinement, emphasizing community service and treatment, monitored by an Officer of the Court Residential Program: Community based institutional setting conducted for the rehabilitation of youthful offenders

More… Training School: Long term juvenile correctional facility Cottage System: Placement of small groups of training school residents into cottages Diversion Program: Alternative dispositions for juvenile offenders, outside formal juvenile justice system

Youth Courts: Teen Courts Peer Courts Student Courts Youths are sentenced by their peers 1) Adult Judge 2) Youth Judge 3) Tribunal- Youth Attorney and Youth Judge 4) Peer Jury- no Youth Attorney, youth jurors question defendant directly

More Youth Courts: Juvenile Drug Court: Dedicated juvenile drug court Current Juvenile Justice System: 1) Police 2) Juvenile Court 3) Corrections Stages of the Juvenile Justice Process: May or may not be similar to the adult system

Recidivism: Repetition of delinquent behavior, after release from probation or training school

Juvenile Corrections Models: Rehabilitation Model: Correctional model intended to change a juvenile’s character and behavior Medical Model: Correctional model which treats a juvenile as if delinquency is caused by identifiable factors that can be isolated, treated, and cured, as if it were a disease Adjustment Model: Rehabilitation approach helping a juvenile demonstrate responsible behavior Reintegration Model: Offenders problems must be resolved in the community in which they occurred.

More Models… --Justice Model: Treatment of juvenile delinquents, in a similar manner as adult offenders -Just Deserts: Juvenile delinquents should be punished, in a similar manner as adult offenders Justice as Fairness: Necessary to be fair, reasonable, humane and constitutional Balanced and Restorative Model: Integrated model seeking to reconcile the interest of victims, offenders and the community Crime Control Model: Supports discipline and punishment as the most effective method to deter juvenile crime

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